Issues Related to Shrouding the Deceased Infected With the (Coronavirus) Epidemic
Taloum Hamana1* , Tahar Abdouali2
Abstract. The topic of issues of shrouding the deceased afflicted with epidemic (Corona) is considered from the most important matters as it is from the divine wisdom intended by the creation of humans and jinn, rather from the basic goals is the worship of the Lord of the worlds in the legitimate manner which He loves and is pleased with morning and evening in every time and place.
The study aims to know the issues that have relation with shrouding of the dead in time of Corona epidemic because it is from the most important chapters of worships, and from the contemporary issues that should be known and cared for to illuminate the path in front of people and clarify the ruling of this worship so that they worship Allah with insight and guidance and light in Islamic methodology, clear, so if people of authority and contract -and they are the mujtahids- leave confronting this worship without clarification of its rulings, people will be in confusion and perplexity and chaos, or they ask fatwa from who does not reach the rank of ijtihad and gives fatwa without knowledge and proof so he goes astray and misguides.
The study talks about the role of Islamic Sharia in considering the worships in time of epidemic and about the issues which it leads to in such necessities, and opinions of jurists and their arguments and supports for what they see from jurisprudential rulings in these situations.
The study discusses the role of Islamic Sharia, in treating this topic, and despite the efforts expended in fiqh for treating the topics related to shrouding the deceased, however these efforts treated the issues according to its era therefore it was necessary on jurists and they are people of solution and binding in sciences of Sharia to look into such contemporary issues that need from them efforts so that the issue descends correctly according to the circumstances and time and place and person, so there is who hits right and there is who errs, and this is expected matter and not strange for the nature of humans and its disposition which Allah created him upon and it is the defect and deficiency in everything so perfection is for Allah alone.
Keywords: shrouding the Deceased, Corona epidemic, Islamic jurisprudence, montemporary issues